The Palisades fire first took hold in a neighborhood where many hydrants had only a single small outlet for firefighters to use. The Palisades fire first took hold in a neighborhood where many ...

If hydrants are buried after the snowplows go through, precious time can be lost in the event of fires or other emergencies. X close News Weather 13 Investigates Features Sports Search ...

Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, moved flammable patio furniture inside and hooked up her private fire hydrant to two long hoses that she left coiled tightly on the ground.

Fire officials say there were cars parked way too close to the two closest fire hydrants, in the way of firefighters trying to get life-saving water from them at a time when there were victims in ...

"There’s no doubt that the cars that were parked on the hydrants have slowed down our members from engaging in firefighting tactics,” said FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said. A 37-year-old ...

A Brooklyn man killed in an apartment fire as a pair of SUVs blocked the two closest hydrants — slowing the FDNY’s response — was a Navy veteran up for a work promotion and planning to buy a ...

Parked cars blocked the two closest fire hydrants as firefighters responded to a fire on 80th Street in Bay Ridge early Sunday. A 37-year-old man was killed and a woman and toddler critically hurt ...

There was a time when they were all painted red, so they would stand out and be easily spotted: Fire hydrants. Now you’ll often see them in multiple colors. Green, silver, yellow and combined colors.

FIRE CREWS HAD TO DEAL WITH A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES, INCLUDING THERE NOT BEING ANY FIRE HYDRANTS ON THE STREET. WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT TO THE MAIN ROAD AND TAP INTO A HYDRANT OUT THERE AND THEN ...

"We use water [in buckets] to put out the fire because the pumps don't work. Our hydrants haven't been fixed in 40 years," volunteer firefighter Virginia Audy told CBC News. Tataskweyak ...

A Jan. 11 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) claims to show a costly and empty rainbow-painted fire hydrant across the street from a row of homes engulfed in flames. “No water ...